Tesla has officially rolled out fully autonomous Robotaxi services in the United States. Following Elon Musk's announcement of this significant milestone, Tesla's stock price has experienced a subsequent uptick. At present, a limited number of autonomous vehicles have been deployed in Austin. These vehicles are operating as part of a mixed fleet, alongside vehicles manned by safety drivers. Tesla has outlined plans to incrementally boost the proportion of autonomous vehicles within the fleet.

Some netizens, after scrutinizing ride - sharing videos, observed that each of the two autonomous Robotaxis was being closely tailed by a black Tesla with a driver at the wheel. This observation has sparked skepticism, with many questioning whether these operations are truly fully autonomous. Instead, they suspect that the safety drivers have simply been shifted to what they term "safety vehicles." Despite these doubts, Tesla has still made history by becoming the first autonomous driving company to offer fully autonomous services to the general public. This is achieved solely through the use of cameras, eschewing reliance on lidar or radar technologies.